Lutke, Frydor P.

Voyage Autour Du Monde, Execute Par Ordre de Sa Majeste Nicolas 1er, Sur la Corvette la Seniavine Dans Les Annees 1826-1829

Amsterdam / New York Nico Israel / Da Capo 1971, Facsimile Reprint of 1835-1836 Paris Edition. (Hardcover issued without dust jacket) 1206pp. As new. Three volumes text Octavo (22.5 X 14 cm.) with 6 maps and 2 plates (some folding) and Atlas folio with 5 maps and 51 plates (some folding). Bound in simulated vellum. Lutke's expedition left Cronstadt in 1826, sailing by way of Rio de Janeiro, Cape Horn and Valparaiso. They reached Sitka, Alaska, in June 1827, staying there for over a month. Then the expedition sailed to the north, stopped at Unalaska in the Aleutian Islands and got as far as St. Matthew's Islands in Behring Sea. Wintering in the Caroline Islands in 1828, the eastern coastline of Russia bordering on Behring Sea, as far north as Behring Strait, was explored. The plates, drawn by Kittlitz and engraved by Engelmann, are the most beautiful portrayals of scenery and people ever made of the visited regions. Series: Bibliotheca Australiana58-61.

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